While the french version of the agenda is all about me showing off how trendy urban I am… I’m also speaking a bit more seriously about the many prescription, obligation or interdiction I have read recently concerning parties and clubs.

The amazing thing is that there’s some poeple out there who are taking this way too seriously and even believe that there’s a receipt, or magic formula that you have to follow in order to succeed.

Yet, partying is not a succession of success. Most of the time, what I see is people pretending having the time or their lives, while they are actually trying to forget some issues and taking too many unealthy products to still believe happiness is part of their life in the next morning…

Anyway, I have my own quest, even if my paths might seem different than the ones taking by the rest of the crowd.
Most of the time, I’m trying to escape the mainstream, finding the hype or the alternative. Then one day, the most mainstream music will be the most perfect soundtrack of an unforgetable moment.

That’s the thing with partying: you look after it somewhere and it’s waiting for you in that unexpected venue in the middle of a day of boredom…

So here is my selection in this weekly agenda (and as usual, all the links are below as I’m too lazy to insert all the hyperlinks!):

There’s few exhibtions going on all the time and I just stumble upon Macadam #3 which shows some Black & White Photography From Arles to Bruxelles. I love photography so I’ll take the time to go there this week-end, knowing that the gallery will be very much busy the coming weeks with some events, so it might be complicated to find another moment.

There’s now three galleries in the portion of Chaussée de Wavre, near rue du Trône. One is there since years and – as we can consider we’re still in the Matonge area – it shows work from African artists.
Then there’s two news places, one of them is called Gallery 151. They have this week an opening of an exhibition called Objectively Speaking by Ian Talbot.

Recyclart is considered as one of the alternative’s venue. Kind of too famous to really be considered undergroun, even though the venue is under a train station. Anyway, this week there’s an exhibition called “NightShop” by a collective or artists called Idiom.
I haven’t had a chance to see any picture of what is it about.

Then on Sunday the MergExpo will take place in a venue in Anderlecht close to the South Station. I believe that’s the only real alternative artistic offer. I have no idea of what the venue is, nor the organisor. I only now that the Sunday artistic event will be followed by a party the week after in a very much unknown place, and that makes me curious.

If you want to attend a concert, you don’t need my advice to go to Ancienne Belgique and I just learned that it’s the third most ticket sales club – worldwide. So that says something about all of
us…

Anyway, if you want a change, you can attend an home concert… Like the one of the band Rue Royale !

In the category of markets or products’ launch, I would suggest to visit the Vinyl Market, it’s a regular event at the Beursschouwburg (it’s the second edition) where you can buy some vinyls from people who are collecting them wether they are DJ’s, Independant Music labels or Music shops!

After the launch of the Delta Beer, the Beer Project is back to launch the Dark Sister. To get to know more about this new beer, and even drink it, you’ll have to attend the event at Via Via Traveler’s café.

There’s also the launch Party of the Maouw Book next week. The book is only part of the project wishing to offer a plateform to creative minds!

[Update] Not to forget to mention (well I did obviously, which is the reason why I write this update), the free screening of the movie Girl Rising, proposed by CIEE – an NGO in the field of education (which whom I cooperate).

And then it’s time to say something about parties. As usual there’s a lot more than what I’m talking about in this article, but I can’t talk about everything, right?

So I needed a way to let you know that I’m going to Berlin next week… It’s just like a Berlin Calling…
After two Summer in that city, I feel I’m ready to discover it in Winter… Anyway, that doesn’t say why I’m talking about it now…

Well because of the name of this electro party at the Rits Café, obviously… Brussels Calling II !

If you like Hip Hop and all some sort of groove music, you’ll have to go to the Uptown party. It seems like the first edition of a new concept party by 72 Soul… It’s also his birthday so even if there’s never a second edition, it won’t be a big deal!

I also like the parties Brüxsel Jardin. It might be a bit disappointing to have one indoor in Winter, as it all started as an open air party during the sunny season… Nevertheless, years after, they still have a good taste for music and it’s in a venue right in the center…

Les Bals are already at their second edition and are inviting to a Boat Party at the Yacht Club.. I like that venue.. but again never went there in Winter…

And it’s nice to see the collective Play Label, as they also offer very good sounds and will be with others at the Number Six party at the Wood. It’s interresting to notice that the party will actually start at the Tigre Café in Flagey, so if you don’t have a car, you might go there and maybe find someone who will drop you in the middle of the wood!

Just try to find and get in a car with the Big Bad Wolf, he surely knows how to party!